BacterioFiles 184 - Fungus Friends Fabricate Fragrance

This episode: Truffle's microbiome helps produce its attractive aromas!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Microbes in lungs (of mice) seem to help reduce inflammation

Link between early antibiotics and asthma may be just correlations with genetics

Pancreatic cancer might be detectable by changes in mouth bacteria

Understanding pandas' gut bacteria could help us help them

Native microbes on grape leaves can resist pesticide treatments (paper)

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